Great gowns in Literature (Economic effect Edition): The Tea-Gown
My woman has a tea-gownThat is wondrous fair to see,It is flounced as well as ruffed as well as plaited as well as puffed,As a tea-gown should be;And I believed…
Days of Miracles and Wonders
every time I worry that we are, in fact, in the end times (trying to remember if those wackaloons have bred their red heifer yet, and then beginning, ridiculously, to…
New dress
So this pattern was stuck in the back of a box and I unearthed it a while back: It’s a really pretty dress, isn’t it? Although it looks as if…
Creating Tiled PDFs in Inkscape
Do you want to make professional looking print-at-home PDF patterns? how about doing it with complimentary software? There are lots of ways to create a tiled PDF pattern. Here’s how I…
Drabble #15
She nearly gotten me. She grabbed me ideal away, a lady intent on using the wrong dress. I made her pleasurable pear shape an outright gourd. My blue yellowed her…
Such a (Paper) Doll (and sale)
When I ran across this gown I looked at it for a great five minutes trying to figure out what it reminded me of. Of course, that didn't work, as…
Ooh, links!
check out this terrific dress from Steph in Brisbane. I love everything about it: Her whole blog is worth a visit. (Thanks to Robin for the link!) This dress at…
A great little Fixer-Upper
This dress jumped out at me at my local goodwill a few months back — I thought it was Liberty. (It looks very Liberty-ish, doesn't it?) It's not — the…
Jumpin’
I'm *almost* made with my 8728 obsession (almost — stay tuned). I've started now to noodle around a bit with the concept of jumpers, for wintertime (or of what passes…
Doris Day Pilgrimage!
Martin Hardee sent me this fantastic photo he took of his child Blair Hardee, on an evident gown pilgrimage to Doris Day's handprints outside Grauman's Chinese Theater. Okay, so it…